Dying to better themselves : West Indians and the building of the Panama Canal / Olive Senior.

The epic story of the involvement of the tiny islands of the West Indies in providing the work force for the construction of the Panama Canal (1904-1914) and before that, the Panama Railroad (1850-1855), and the French attempt under de Lesseps to build the Panama Canal (1881-1889). Written by a West...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Senior, Olive
Corporate Author:	University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica). Press
Language:	English
Published:	Kingston, Jamaica : The University of the West Indies Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Panama Railroad Co. > History. Migrant labor > Latin America. Migrant labor > West Indies. West Indians > Panama > History. Panama Canal (Panama) > History.
Physical Description:	xxiii, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Format:	Book

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